Contract Manager

Your responsibilities

Main principal duties:

• Aids Legal and Procurement in developing contracting standards, contract templates, and guidelines for managing both client and supplier contracts

• Supports Tender Manager and Sales with responses to bids, proposals and contract negotiations

• Collaborates with Procurement on ensuring alignment between client contract requirements and supply chain sourcing and contracting

• In collaboration with Legal, reviews all requirements and provisions in contracts, including terms and conditions, to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations as well as company policies and procedures

• Ensures that contracts are executed in accordance with company guidelines and industry best practice and are in line with corporate goals, objectives

• Manages existing client contracts, including overseeing and monitoring;

Contract planning, performance, progress, and milestone achievement (in collaboration with and in support of Project Managers)

o Notifications and key documents (warranties, guaranties, bonds, etc.)

o Contract change management (variations, amendments, addendums, etc.),

o Contract close-out and claims management

• In collaboration with Project Manager, identifies, assesses, and manages contract risks, with a focus on commercial risks

• Coordinates with Cost Control and Finance to ensure correct cost accounting, invoicing, cash flow and cancellation liabilities

• Prepares reports on the status of contracts for management

• Interface and coordinate with internal and external project team members and document communications between company, subcontractors, suppliers, and clients

• Ensure that the proper document templates are used for contract and change management

• Cooperation with the client and Semco Maritime Document Control

Minor tasks/areas of responsibility:

• Identifies potential improvements to existing policies and contract standards

• Applies best practice for lessons learned to ensure experience exchange and capability building for other Contract Managers and Procurement staff

• Communicates contract implementations to project teams, Procurement and other stakeholders

Minor duties:

• Conducts special projects as assigned

Key criteria for success:

• Client and key stakeholder requirements are met

• Business and project goals are reached by successful contract implementation

• Contract change management is in control at all times

• Proactive participation in project activities

• Establish correct contract document structure within project systems and tools

• Ability to plan own work assignments

• Deliverables are forwarded on time

Vital contacts:

• VP, Large Projects

• Tender Manager

• Procurement Director

• Project Managers

• Engineer/Construction Managers

• Project Procurement Leads

• Cost Controllers

• Project Planners

• Client Managers/Sales

Our requirements

Values:

Must be able to translate Semco Maritime´s values into words and action.

General values for the entire organization:

• Safety

• Commitment

• Responsiveness

• Reliability

• Inspiration